palings

Pointed fence boards

Palings are the vertical wooden stakes or boards that form a paling fence—the kind with pickets set close together or with narrow gaps between them.

The word usually appears in the plural, referring to the fence collectively or to the individual slats themselves: The garden was enclosed by weathered palings.

A single stake is a paling.

fence

picket

Pointed fence stake

postsPublished online content
railsGuiding metal bars
stakesPosts or wagers

slats · uprights · wooden fence · garden fence · boundary fence · fencing · pointed · spaced · vertical · whitewashed

enclosure

barrier

Obstruction preventing passage

boundaryLine marking a limit
perimeterShape's outer edge length
surroundEnclose on every side

yard · garden · pen · paddock · compound · demarcation · partition · border · containment · corral

material

timber

Wood for construction

woodenMade from timber
oakQuercus genus member
cedarDurable, fragrant conifer

pine · planks · boards · lumber · hardwood · softwood · treated · painted · stained · sawn

Opposites

barrier structure

palingsmasonry walls

Walls of mortared stone/brick

brick walls · stone walls · hedges · glass walls · ditches

openness/permeability

palingsprivacy fence

Tall yard enclosure

blank wall · open space · brick wall · stone wall · concrete wall

barrier type/material

palingshedgerow

Linear shrub boundary

living fence · ha-ha · ditch · moat · earthwork

Family

paling, impaling

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G